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Mycobacterium triplex pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent host: A case report and literature review.


ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium triplex (M. triplex) is a bacterial species that can cause severe pulmonary diseases. Despite its clinical importance, only a few cases of M. triplex infection have been reported. Here, we present a rare case of pulmonary disease due to M. triplex in an immunocompetent patient who showed abnormal findings on chest X-ray and computed tomography scans. In this patient, the bacterium was identified by DNA sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA and hsp65 genes. The patient was successfully treated with the appropriate antimicrobial agents. To put this case into the context of the current literature, we also reviewed other case reports of M. triplex infection.

SUBMITTER: Shirata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838927 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Mycobacterium triplex</i> pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent host: A case report and literature review.

Shirata Masahiro M   Tamaru Aki A   Marumo Satoshi S   Fukui Motonari M  

IDCases 20191003


<i>Mycobacterium triplex</i> (<i>M. triplex</i>) is a bacterial species that can cause severe pulmonary diseases. Despite its clinical importance, only a few cases of <i>M. triplex</i> infection have been reported. Here, we present a rare case of pulmonary disease due to <i>M. triplex</i> in an immunocompetent patient who showed abnormal findings on chest X-ray and computed tomography scans. In this patient, the bacterium was identified by DNA sequencing analysis of the <i>16S rRNA</i> and <i>hs  ...[more]

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